Way back in November 2023, Valve said that there was no suitable silicon available to enable a next-gen Steam Deck. In the wake of the company's latest hardware trifecta, announced yesterday, Valve is saying exactly the same thing. In short, the kind of chips Valve would need to make a true Steam Deck 2 still aren't available and probably won't be until 2027.
Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. Back in 2023, Steam Deck hardware specialist Yazan Aldehayyat said, "I think for us to make a second version, we will be able to have a substantial performance improvement while sticking to a similar kind of power range and weight to battery life. And that's not going to happen next year or the year after that. It's probably going to be more than that."
